Table 1. Characteristics at baseline of subjects among TEA and STEA groups

TEA (n = 14) STEA (n = 16) p-value*
Male/Female 4/10 4/12 0.825
Age, median (IQR) 28.5 (23.5 – 36.5) 29.0 (22.0 – 33.0) 1.000
Age at onset, median (IQR) 13.0 (9.0 – 30.0) 18.0 (11.0 – 28.0) 0.851
Age at diagnosis, median (IQR) 13.5 (9.5 – 30.0) 20 (12.0 – 28.0) 0.632
Current number of AEDs, median (IQR) 2.0 (2.0 – 3.0) 2.0 (2.0 – 3.0) 0.923
Seizure type**
Focal seizures 9/14 10/16 0.919
Focal seizures to bilateral tonic-clonic 8/14 7/16 1.000
Number of seizures per month, median (IQR) 3.0 (2.5 – 4.0) 3.0 (3.0 – 4.0) 1.000
Mann-Whitney U-test for comparisons of medians, Fisher’s exact test for comparisons of proportions
Seizure type was based on Fisher et al. (2017), Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology. Epilepsia, 58: 522-530.